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, A i-CV tV r: XH5V3?toi'"?Sr ft lift P0'ila;'4 "-Ife'S-''-'! J. A. BONITZ, Editor and Proprietor. "For us, Principle is Principle Right is Right Yesterday, To-day, To-morrow, Forever.v Published Semi-Weeklj 13.00 4 Year ';V0LXHL GOLDSBORO, N. C, MONDAY; 'JANUARY 11, 1886. " n. - . . . . . NO. 24. XRTII CAROLINA S SEEN FROM ABROAD. Her Resources and ' Climate At- tracting Attention. . A' Bright Future for the Old Com monwealth. Correspondence of the Gold8boro Messenger. Long's, W. N C.y Jan. 1,"8G. After a trip of nearly two months throucrhoat the Nortb and West, vis iting nearly every city and town of importance, ana naving naa tne pleas ure of converge with many intelligent &nd progressive men in nearly every Vocation of life I return to my native State more firmly impressed than ever With her development and the preg nant future awaiting her. - I take pleasure and pnde in trans- ribing herewith, a, few sentiments xpressed m interview with many prominent capitalists, throughout the North and West relative to'the growth and progrecJ f our Stae. J Siid a well known capitalists of New. York, iii an interview m the par loirs of the Astor House, who has many thousand dollars invested throughout the South: 4iThere is no insuperable barrier to the States of the Southern Sjection becoming at an early day one Of the most prosperous portions of the Snion'..!! -This gentleman was emi ently right in fiis predictions. ".Why? ; ; - 1 , For-the following good reasons: First, the favorable peculiarities of soil and climate for the growth of the I entire plant family. Second, the im- mense .area of unimproved lands .both bottom .and upland which only : await capita! and enterprise to bring them under successful cultivation; and third', the absurdity of labor rep resented in th-e new method m pro gressive skill of our population. , Remarked an intelligent and observ ipg manufacturer, controlling millions of dollars in the city of Philadelphia. (yrhe wealth ot a country in its most elementary form consists of fertility of soil, a salubrious climate, minerals in the mines, native forests, and skill ed and unskilled labor, and in the State of North Carolina, which I con sider one of the best States in the South, you will find all . of these ele ments in great profusion; therefore why should not her future Jbe bright with fine prospects and good results." --Was not this far-seeing and "obser vant manufacturer right in his Con clusions? Certainly. he was. 5 - Th6 productability of mines, fields and forest,, is the gift of the Great Creator -given us for a commercial Valjfle and for individual possession un--Jtfr th laws of civil society, aucrao where on the face of the globe is there to be seen these elements and gifts of the Creator so prof usery spread before lis than in the old North State What then, remains for us to do to avail ourseWes of these blessings ? A true realization of these ffifts. Con tinuous work," forethought, prudence, the sensible use and application of the true principles of political economy; tov make known the States, advan tages arid to invite the better class of Emigration now landing "on our shores." While sitting in the luxurious library Of a well known capitalists in Cincin nati, Ohio, who to-day has over $500,000 invested in the State of Flor ida, I was accosted with, the remark: Why, hie,-1 see that -between the 1st of January and March 31st, of last year, there was added to the indus traL capital of your State $150,000. Surely, this looks like progress and I am not at all surprised, for look and $ee What you have' there to tempt canital : You have thejtfiealthiest climate in he wforld. Your soil is rich and your arids Drodufctive. , Your products aie varied and command attention. Your timber lands are the finest in the Sbijih. -Your, mineral wealth is inexhaustible.- Your manufacturing facil itiesNare unsurpassed. Gold is found In tvylenty-tbree of your counties. The area 6f your coal' fields is 300 square minerals are locked up in your soil, v The ar?rf j?ate water nower of vour .-i,r-, , ir v State is 3,500,000 horse power." - J Was: not this gentleman also right in his views regarding 'the natural wealthiof our beloved State. . '. In Chicago, .while the guest of a well-known journalist I was surprised to team how the State was attracting attention throughout the West. In i act I was shown a number of letters fronl parties requesting- information a - to the State, her resources, her ad vantages, capabilities, and the way to get nere. ...M uue m v,nicago i nad tne pleasure of meeting a krge mill contractor who seemed to be well nosted regard- tmg our timl b,r resources. Said he, Vthe wealth r.P J1. n very great extent, lies in her forests ventre a ki-w nnmV.or f j finest specimens of hard woods " r0 v ootamoa. t preaictv said he, "thAt To-day I get more than one halt 'of the hard woods-used in my MSYness i6VT: . , ... Krr rnt Vats voitractof was, ' m hU expressions iv4i.vAin W nl I among the tny tfVar ehiSf elements ot productive wealth. r i . , , magnificent Pullman f v e r mV way from Chicago th honor of-be mgiimroduoed. to a well-known Rail- ;JJaJ,.niWate, who, after learning at I aailenl from the old Nortb Sta e, said m sub tance : "I am more than . glad to see the progress your State is faking m Railroad transportation, ??ci well pleased to learn' of the near 4jnsUraraation of the Western N. C. .Railroad in her mountains connections E - I ?reat West ,-and-. South' West, ' , m my opinion, is one of the uuhsi Kailroad wut m the h . The able' policy 1VcfT: 1V.? sku m the competioa rrn (rent., ... t i. Sortv. n vUf?h the mountains of WOrth Carohnn t - MnU : ii. i 1 V JUUgmfJut, Will Uo- . Jesuit m adding millions of dollars tchsh ? iro i a , -ii I LA. Ill V inn CYY1 T Will your State and open a country, which for climate,- health4 precious stones, ana minerals or .untold wealth can scarcely be estimated." Eminently .right was this railroad President; as time will prove in the near future. . What North Carolina needs to-day is a better class of emigration weeds, Germara and Irish of the in dustrious and -intelligent class. Our laws areust as good here as anywhere else. All right-minded people in our section whatever mav be their nennliar belief, political or religious, are just as safe in person and in the protection of property as anywhere on the globo. Let those who would Hvh loner in a genial healthy climate, possessing all the advantages ofc health, turn their eyes Southward whose fertile fields are awaiting intelligent labor and in dustrious hu!bandmen.A What North Carolina shoald h to-day and she is in want of it badly is a better class of labor. The pres ent help in the South cannot be de- E ended upon, and as our people are ecoming more advanced in agricul ture pursuits and industrial matters, they need a better class of labor la bor that will return somethinc for capital paid out. Indeed, what North Carolina is in want of at the present time, and in fact, the whole South, is the employment of intelligent whiro labor, so that she may become in ev ery respect homogenious, prosperous and progressive. The State of North Carolina should matter of inducing a better class of immigration to her border, for it is to her interest to do so. The matter of labor in North Carolina, and in. fact throughout the eutire Southern coun try, is becoming a question of - great importance every hour, and is an issue which must be settled sooner or later. A good and industrious class of em igration Southward would be a positive help to the State and a source of great good. It would have the effect of pushing cheap and uneducated labor to the wall, and in its place, give in telligent capable labor to our people, who to-day, are sadly in need of con scientious intelligent workingmeh who can be trusted in the performance of dnties devolving upon them in the several vocations of lire. What the- State of North Carolina needs more than anything else to be come progressive and to increase in material wealth iato be made more generally known throughout the entire country. The question is no w45shall we remain unknown, or shall we b made known Shall we lag behind? 1 Shall we come up in thfe rear . when other common wealths go beforefand become progres sive and wealthy. Let our State be known to the four quarters of the globe what we have to offer and what we possess. Hinton A. Helper. THE RABBIT TRADE. North Carolina Furnishes One Thing for Virginians to Eat. From Greensboro Workman. Almost from timo immemorable, or inee the completion of the R. & D. connection here, Sreensboro has en joyed the proud distinction of Tne source of rabbit supply for the Legis lature of Virginia, when in session at Richmond, as at present. It seems that the old .fields t of Virginia were made bare of rabbit's during the war, by reason of the conscription of rab bits, to supply snacks at the depots en the routes leading to and from Rich mond, since-when the draft has been heavy upon North Carolina. Our State, however; has shown the same fruitful ness in rabbits as she did in furnishing soldiers, and still responds to the draft with marvelous readiness. With a mixture of pride and jealousy we have seen our thousands of rabbits hurried off to the capital city of Vir giniaproud because of our resources, and yet jealous lest there be not enough rabbit left to supply our home demand. Imagine then a new souri-e of uneasiness at seeing it stated m Webster's Dollar Weekly that the mail carrier from Hillsdale to Reids villecarried down 52 rabbits on a recent trip, Greensboro is the place to get tickets for rabbits bound to p;L.nH. We claim that our brand of rabbits is better known and more V.JrlW rri zed than anv other in the Richmond market, arid "'"V r- , . this is the place for their sending off. As to the Seclaratioc of the Weekly that axab u"- v-. aaf wp iiaVe to enough for -a king to eat j say that a king is no better than any body else, and naraiy-auu ttfa HflWr SH.W OUt!. J.U Uioo - f,-- 7 mnderate one, we wouiu say one thousa ..'laiiarn' worth of rabbits and rabbit skltii ajve ben boughtm this market feihee the first of jovem used up in ooai members of the Virgin a JT filature: and to ;be convey high priced im,PeQ Time was-when wives and daughters. and Itherabit was a song: S merrimut, f - - n . . . thar "Old molly "Tmokln. a- sear. 7 those old times?tbe foot of a ?i5rlme to be thought posses rabbit has com - and Lich- ed of bewircui"bhav been known to mond drummers hare been carry them in ther lonePome when travellihfe in or ascend- nlaces. The rauu tfuth The ant, anu thtJxe is 'here to ijr. 500 Sot Called For. necessary vj It seems strange. u:;.- car,lthe.r ranade men ohl'nmto inai. i . rtt,A man who fails to . recede ben thoUSAnds ol c-rt-A finaou'wt.v., i . Hth nis fer Of the abore r for cure or '.' w no 1E5 ; PHSC. f - THE SCHOOL TAX CASE. The Opinion of the Supreme - Court in the Sampson County Case. . The following is the opinion as de livered by Chief Justice Smith m the case of Barksdale vs. Commissioners from Sampson county : "The general assembly shall levy a capitation tax on every male inhabi tant of the State over twenty-one and under fifty years of age, which shall be equal on each to the tax on prop erty valued at three hundred dollars in cash. The commissioners of the several counties may exempt from capitation tax in special cases, on ac count of poverty infirmity; and the State and county capitation tax com bined shall never exceed two,dollars on the head. Cons., art. 5, see. 1. "Each county shall be divided into a convenient number of districts' in which one or more public schools shall be maintainedyat least four months in every year and if the com missioners of any countv shall fail to comply with the aforesaid require ments of-this section, thev shall be liable to indictment. Art. 9, section 3." The State and countv. taxes among the former of which is a tax for school purposes imposed under the act of 1881, of twelve and a half cents on property valued at one hundred dol lars, and thirty seven and a half cents PJhe poll, which taxes in Sampson county were up to the full measure of the limits fixed in the constitution as interpreted in numerous adjudica tions. There is also a special tax of small amounts in excess levied with the special approval of the general as sembly under art. 5, sec. 6, whose le gality is not diawn in question. It is found to be impracticable to carry out the mandate to keep up the public schools in the county for four months of the year without laying an additional tax of thirteen and one third cents on the property and forty cents on the poll, and accordingly the commissioners have made this Further assessment as they, are expressly re quired to do bv the amendatory act in regard to pubfic schools passed at the session in 1885, chapter 174, section 23. This section is in these words: 'If the tax levied by the State for the support of the public schools shall be insufficient to maintain one or more schools in each school district for the period of four months, then the board of commissioners of each county shall levy annually a special tax to supply ajleficiehcy for. the sup nort ii4.54r";w J5rwla scnoois for the said period of four months or more. . The said, tax shall be levied on all prop erty, credits and polls of the county; and in the assessment of the amount on each the commissioners shall ob serve the constitutional equation of taxation, and. the fund thus raised shall be expended m the county in which it is collected, in such a man ner as the county board of education may determine, for maintaining the schools for four months at least in each year." In executing this legislative man date to raise by assessment the addi tional sum required to maintain ihe public schools for the prescribed pe riod under the constitutional provision which has been recited, the aggregate amount of the taxes levied. is eighty eight and one-third cents on the one hundred dollars worth of property and two dollars and sixty-five cents on the poll. ! Inasmuch as these provisions of the constitution are in conflict in the;r application to the facts in the present case, the one commanding under penalty to be done that which the other withholds the means of do ing, the question is presented, if they cannot upon any reasonable construc tion be reconciled whit h shall prevail, and which must yield. The court be low ruled that the tax levied under the act ot 1885, overstepping the limits of the taxing power conferred, although necessary to a rompliance with the di reetions as to the schools, is not war ranted by the constitution and cannot legally be enforced. The correctness of this ruling is before us on the an peal. While reluctant to declare a legisla tive act unconstitutional, and the courts will only go adjudge in a plains case, admitting of Jijtle or no doubt, yet a most imperative obligation rests upon them to uphold the fundamental law where they are in irreconcilable conflict and to declare the former in operative and void It is an incon trovertible proposition that when in the same instrument a restricted au thority is conferred and an act be so done under it to which that authority is inadequate, it is only necessary to do what catv be done within the pres cribed limits, Tue duty then of keep ing Up the public schools devolved upon the commissiuers pei"iiur when all the resources open to them are employed and exhausted in the ef fort to maintain tnem ror xne uesiguwi period, wiinin ine umus ui n; pow er to tax, given to ae commissioners. the schools must be kept up and the mandate is arrested when those limits are reached. Action "beyond is not only not required, but is void if at tempt d. The levy finds'no support in sec. 6, of art. 5, for this is not one for a "special purpose and, with the spec ial approval of the general assembly" for county purposes. The enactment is general, applicable to the whole State and part of the genernl State legislation in furnishing facilities for the education of U people It can not find shelter under any of the num erous adjudications sustaining the power to tax beyond the assigned res traints anil in disregatd of the estab lished ratio between State and county taxation which will be found at the foot of the section. This power of taxation is local as well as special and such has been the legislati ve interpre tation of this clause m the frequent cases in which a special approval has been asked and oVamed. Broadnax vs. Groom; 64 N C. 244? Simmons vs. wiison, oo jn. u., oov; jiauney- vs. Commissioners, 71 N. C, 487; Trull vs. Commissioners, 72 N. C, 692; French vs. j Commissioners, 74 W. U., 692; Cromartie vs. Commissioners, 87 NJ C., 134. : " ... These cases settle the extent of 'the taxing power, when exercised by the county authorities, and allow its re straints only to be disregarded when the tax is needed to meet obligations existing before the adoption of the constitution by virtue of the constitu tion of the United States and decide that the limitations do not apply to other municipal corporations created by law. ; ; Our decision rests upon the inter pretation heretofore repeatedly given to the clause that directs the, imposi tion of a poll tax equal to that impos ed upon property valued for taxation at $300, by which the taxes are both thus associated and arrested when on the poll they reach the maximnm of $2. If the construction of the consti tutional provision were an open cfues tion we might pause to thus limit the taxjng , power upon property, a re straint found, as Mr. Justice Rodman says in his separate opinion sttthe end of the 66th volume of the Reports, page 659, exists in no other State, and which has so crippled, the action of the general assembly in its course of legislation for the public good, and disables it, for want of means, to do many things which the Constitution requires, such as providing for the in terest on the State debt and a sinking fund to discharge the principal, to do which it has been necessary to break through the restraints to discharge an obligation to creditors and not impair the contracts from which they spring. There was a propriety in fixing a limit to the poll tax, because the fuud rai: ed from this source is appropriated ex clusively to two objects, the support! ot the poor, and.-the providing the means of free education, but it was impracticable to foresee the needs of 4 the I State for moneys for its future management. And it is to b observed that the equation is only to determine the measure of the personal or poll tax so long as it can be levied for the special objects mentioned and up to its fixed limits. This mode of introfetatiOn would have avoided all difficulties growing out of the Want of poWer to tax and escaped the present conflict. But we are bound by continuous ad judicatiotis to which legislation has beep adjusted and we are not free to unsettle them. But as the repugnance of the! provisions under consideration IS KM liifaat. thi T j. in 1 n-wrw rcrraiu irom assessments, nowevert autimi- ' : rT ' - - necessary for schools which pass the bounds of conferred power. We there for sustain the ruling of the court below. - . . , Smith, C. J. THE DRUMMER'S LICENSE. As there seems to be some misunder standing as to the recent decisions of the Supreme Court inregard to the drummers' license IawfVe reproduce from the Charlotte Observer a letter written to that paper by Mr. Donald W. Bain, State Treasurer: "Permit me to call your attention to a recent statement in your paper to the effect, substantially, that the Supreme Court had decided that the Drummer's License Law (section 28 of the Revenue Law) was unconstitu tional. This is a mistake. There were, two cases fore the Supreme Court at its late session, in vol vi g the con struction and constitutionality of this section of the Revenue Law one from Mecklenburg county, State vs. Miller, and the other from Burke county. State vs. Smith. In the first case tne defendant was acquitted in the lower court upon a special verdict, and upon appeal the judgment was Affirmed. In this case the Supreme Court'holds that the indictment was defective, and further that the defen dant, who was a commission merchant in Charlotte, was not a Mrumraer' within the meaning -of section .28 of the Revenue Law. "In the other case, the defendant, who was a 'drummer,' was con-vieled in the lower court, and on his appeal the jSupretne Court, affirmed the judg ment. In this case the Supreme Court held that a violation of the Revenue 8 Act of of 1885, although committed? by a drummer licensed under the' Revenue Act of 1883, is indiGtable in ' the Supreme Court; that actual pos session of tha license is essential wnile perilling the I usmess of a drummer, ,udr that the intent of the offending rmriy i not the essence of the offence. ATtnoqgh the constitutional question is not discussed ia the opinion of the Supreme Court, the question not hav ing been raised by the defendant on the jtrial below, yet the decision of the Court, in effect, adjudges the consti tutionality of the statute, for if it had been, in the judgment of the Court, unconstitutional, it would have been void, and if void, there would hVe existed no law un-r which the de fendant Cuufd have been indicted, and the judgment would not have been affirmed." A GRAND BUT DANGEROUS SPECTACLE. Cleveland, Oiiio, January 6. At ah. nit five o'clock this morniner, a 15.- 000-barrel tank of refined oil at the Standard Oil company's No. 1 works caught fire from some unknown cause. The fire department, together with the Standard company's local fire appa ratus, soon got to work. The dan gerous proximity of other large tanks caused- apprehensions that a great fire would ensue. The burning tank presented a magnificent spectacle, lighting up a large territory. As quickly as possible arrangements were made to drain the tank. At ten o'clock the fire had not been extin cnished. but it was honed that it would be 'confined to the tank which is startled." Picture Frames of all kinds, sold chesp . ri l cr iwmM k : ceota. 1 GAS Li I GUT. What it Costs to Light up the . ! Streets of Cities. i ' j - Baltimore Sun, We give below interesting factjs in municipal economy complied byj A. Parlett Llovd from official sources !: New York city uses 23,038 gas lamps and' 647 electric lights. The appro priations lor the same dnrmg 18S5 amount to $716,700. The contract price for electric lights made by the city' authorities with the Brush and United States Companies is 70 cents per nights, or $225.50 for each light per annum. 1 be gas lamps average less than $25 each, including the cost of lighting and extinguishing: The superintendent of street lights, S. Mc Cormick, Esq., informs me that 56 electric lights displaced 194 gas lamps, the proportion being as one to three and a half, while the. price of electric ity exceeds the price of gas as one is to ten; or (considering the illuminating power) to lighrthe city of New York with electricity would cost over two millions of dollars every year. The gas works of Philadelohia are operated by trustees of the city. There are 13.555 gas lamps used there for "street lights, and notwithstanding tho fact that $148,493.55 is paid for wages and expenses connected with lighting f .f. Public lamps, the assets and lia bilities of the works about balance each other, making the cost of light ing the streets a clean saving to the municipal corporation. Boston is lit by 9,781 eras lanms and 401 electric lierhts. The cost of cas for each lamp averages $25.08, besides which tor the purpose of lighting the same the city enmlovs -151 men at a cost of $66,182.20 each year. The lamps do not burn all night. Electric lights are contracted for are contracted for at 65 cents each per night. ine city ot Washington has 4,500 lamps, which average in cost to the District only $22 each per year, in cluding lighting, and notwithstanding the large area of territory covered. NewOrleans uses 3,600 gas lamps, costing $18.50 each per annum, not including the cost of lighting : Bur lington, Iowa, 294 lamps at $25 each; Auburn, N. Y. 650 lamps at $17.50 each; Rochester, N. Y.f 1,920 lamps at $18.12 each; Richmond, Va., 1,380 lamps at $44 each; Dayton, Ohio, 900 lamps at $21.11 each; Jersey City, N. J., has 1,284 gas lamps, costing each from $22.50 up, according to the dis tricts; Cleveland, Ohio, nays $70,510 60 for lightinsr 3.998 lamps, averaere T.. .-,-C Z. n-' 'Zl ' '" ' jm jinuiuie u k uu as 143 electric lights. To light these there are 104 persons emploved at $8 pr week and 5 superintendents at $10, a; total salary list of $15,864. The electric lights cost 70. cents each per night. At the time ofIayor Latrobe's message, January, 1885, the city was paying $1.85 per 1,000 feet. I am not informed whether this contract was renewed after its expiration last May. The cost of gas lamps under this con tract was $36.94 for each lamp per an num, burning only on dark nights, and $46.19 if allowed to burn all night. A review of the above figures will save comment. The following shows the amounts paid for each gas lamp. New York $25 00 Philadelphia Boston 31 85 Washington 22 00 New Orleans 24 00 Burlington 26 00 " Auburn 17.50 Rochester 18 12 Richmond 44 00 Dayton.... 21 11 Jersey City 25 00 Cleveland 17 50 Baltimore 46 19 MILLIONAIRE NEWBER RY'S COFFIN. His Body Buried in the Cask ot Rum in Which it was Preserved at Sea. The recent death in Paris of the widow of the late Walter Newberry, uy which the city of Chicago receives a bequest of a quarter of a million dol lars for the establishment of a new public library, has led to the clearing up of a mystery. For seventeen years aft Chicago, save two or three, have believed that Newberry's body was at the bottom of the ocean. Ho died at sea while en route to Paris, in Novem ber, 1868. On board the steamer was a gentleman from New York who was acquainted with Newberry, and he begged the captain to allow the bCuy to be carried to rlftVfO arid it was placed in a cask of Medford rum, part of the ship's cargo. On the arrival of the steamer the cask was at once re, billed to Chicago vand IIt On the next steamer. The iiichigan Central expre Trnich carried the body from New York to Chicago, carried also a letter to G I. Tiukbam, an old friend of the Newberry's asking him to see the millionaire interred. With a dray and several friends Tinkham went to the depot, the eask was loaded into the dray, and the vehicle, followed by the friends in carriages-, started for Graceland cemetery where Mr. New berry had owned a lot. In this lot a hole was dug, and there the cask witn J its contents was "buried. its contents was buried, ine menus wr nldred to secresy, and not until yesterday did the facts become known outside the circle of the survivors. STATE SUPBEME COUIIT. nrvo fonrt adionrned on the 1st. January to meet again the first Mon ,Un ; K'oVn-njirv. Rale 2. sec. d. was omonHpd hv the Court as follows: Th rail of the judicial districts: ! Causes from the first district will be ! o ni frnda.v of the first week of ' oanh form nf thft court: from the sec in A Atrnt Monday or the secona I week; from the thin! district Monday 'of the third week; from the fourth strict Monday ot . the fourth from the fifth district Monday or the fifth week! from the sixth district 1 iuonaay or the sixth week; from the ! seventh district Monday of the seventh week; from the eighth district Mon day of the eighth week; from the ninth district Monday of the ninth week; from the tenth district Monday of the tenth week; from the twelfth district Monday of the eleventh week; from the eleventh district Monday. of the twelfth week. The transposition of the. two last districts is made to afford more time, and this is also the bais for the other changes. It will also not conflict so much with the terras of the Superior courts. Another amendment of the rules is as follows: "At tlie,term of the court held next preceding the end of the year no causes will be called and tried aftei the expiration -of the twelve weeks designated, unless by consent of the parties and the assent of the court. ir i . FLOODS IN THE NORTH. High .Water in the Hudson-A Railroad Bridge Over the Kennebec Wrecked. Troy, N Y.t Jan. 6. The river has been relieved of the thin ice in the upper Hudson, and there is a freshet of over three feet. The water is over the docks, and is rising rapidly. The storehouses aloug front street are threatened with damage. : HOME, in. i ., Jan. 6. With a cessa t on of rain and a colder temneratur t le flood in the Mohawk river is rapid ly suosiuing. Augusta. Me., Jan. 6. Two 172 feet spans of the railroad bridge across the Kennebec river at this place were carried away by a freshet at 8 o'clock this morning. Late iri the fall repairs were commenced on the bridge, and at the time of the accident the two spans rested entirely on the tresle work, built up from the bed of the river. The rains of the past few days had greatly weakened the ice, and fears, were entertained for the safety of the bridge, and a strict watch was kept. The water rose about two feet between 6 o'clock last night and 6 this morning. At a little past 8 o'clock the ice commenced to run over the dam, and came down in large quantities against the trestle work, piling up several feet. The woodworks could not standthe piessure, and gave way. Three loaded coal cars went down with the bridge. Muchdelay will beaused to travel. Portland, Me., Jan. 6 The Maine Central bridge over Royals river, at e I Yarmouth, has been so weakened by couiu not cross uranu me passengers had to be transferred. bACO. ME., Jan. o. ihe baco river is at the highest stage ever known in January. This morning the ice broke above the falls and parted two main booms, and 50,000 feet of logs was loe-t over the dam. Considerable damage is reported from above here. FRESHET IN THE SUSQUEHANNA. Havre-De-Grace, Jan. 6. The Sus quehanna river is higher at this point than at any time since 1865. One hun dred thousand logs have broken loose, and are being swept down the river. BITTER FROSTS. The Business of the West is Stop ped by a Blizzard. Chicago, Jan. 8. The blizzard rag ing throughout Iowa, Kansas, Ne braska, Dakota and Minnesota is de clared to be of wider extent and fierc er in character than has been known before in years. Trains are behind time. Many trains have been snored in and ackhdoned. Very little can be learned concerning abandoned trains or the further effects of the storm, ow ing to the blowing down of telegraph poles and wires and the stoppage of telegraphic communication. The tem perature throughout Dakota is stated to be 20 to 4 degrees below zero, with a wild4Iizzard blowing. A telegram from Fargo. Dakota, says the ther- . i vr t r i. i p luuuiotci iriaicicu 7 ; to-day. Yesterday is described as the; rouerhest day in the experience of the c1hT r o rr,, ! Toronto, January 8.-The weather tnrougnour oanaua is very coia, xne thermometer ranging from 4 to 30 degrees below zero. At Winnipeg the temperature was 38 degrees below zero, with a strong north wind. Trains from the east via the North Shore roau are reported from 8 to 12 hours late. COLLEGE STUDENT KILLED. Shot with an Old Pistol That was Not Thought to be Loaded. r.jt ("rfAVrtnoA. Ten.i January G. A very distressing accident ocenrre Kt evenincr at luscumm coiiege Greenville. Wm. Kennedy, a student,. , - l I m r was in the dormitory wnu a uu" of companions, when one or tnem nicked up an old army pistotfrom his trunk and oegan nounsnin u, sup posing it was not loaded. It was ac- identaliy oiscnargea, wuerru.u Kennedy clasped his hands to nis breast, crying, "I'm shot." and fell dead. r I have been a sufferer two years from catarrh with distres-im? pain over my res. The disease work d down upon my luDgs, my left ear was almost oear, and my voice was failing. 1 procured Ely's Cream Balm and witnin nve aaya mv hparintr was restored, the paid ceased o rwl T a m now en iovincr eood health. ' A friend told me that half a bottle cured him. My advice is those eufferiDg with catarrh or cold in the head .nt to delay but try Ely a Cream Balm, as u is a posi tive cure. J. II. Vansant, Sandy Hook, Ky. A Few SraciALTiES. SUk Umbrellas, Russian Leather tUtcbela, Mela's Fine Shoes, and the .Favorite bnin, a t Sol'Eihstbin fc Co. A, Just received a full line of Black Jcr Ws. Price from 60 cents to $2.00, at f J. Metzoxu & So sr. COMINO CONTESTS QRESS. IN CON- Pi1011 of the Silver and Civil Service Reform Questions. From the Washing StAr. . The western members of Congwg muraiH from their brief yjsft to their constituents declar tW J Ji. ver legislation can get through tho V i House unless it is to grant unlimited J : if the President s recommendations on the subject would not be regarded fa vorably by the House. It appeared, jujt before the holiday reccs was taken, as if the influence of the ad ministration was making itself felt, and there was considerable talk of a compromise. The western members have now come back with the idea 4 that it would be as much as their offi cial heads are worth to allow any in terference with the dollar of the dad- ' dies. Many of tliem are armed with ponderous petitions, almost commu- : nistic in their expressions. . Some ol the Missouri people have presented their members with petitions demand- . ing the free and unlimited coinage of the Bland dollars, the continuance ot the issue of one arid two-dollar bills in ' unlimited quantities, and tne issue'of loans to farmers by the United State.. Some members who fear; the result of the continued coinage of the two mil I ion dollars a month ay that the only thing now is to let the matter go on'until the exportation gold begins in earnest, and to let the House (learn its error by bitter experience.1 The question gives the prospect of a very bitter fight in the House very soon, that is likely to increase 4he bad feel, ing between President Cleveland and some of his party. It is beliecd by many that some of the anti-civrl ser vice reform men who are not particu larly interested in the continuanco of the coiuage will avail themselves of the opportunity to attack the admin istration. It is expected that there will be a fight over the civil service question, too. Many of the outspoken and rampnnt anti-civil service men who were waitingpnly for Congress to meet fhat they might, attack the "reform varmint." have modified their expres sions' since the commencement of the session; and there is nothing like the open opposition to the reform thero was; but there are several members wtio are primed for the fight and are waiting for Senator Hampton bill to come over to the House to jjive them an excuse to open fire. Thr will bo op pvituuVj o vrttcrru, Vu IV Vww not look as if there were much show of any action antagonistic to the service getting through the Hour'. ,lt des not look as if anything like a majority of the Democrats vould fayor such a course, and the Republicans stand ready to prevent it. The Republicans in tho House, as a rule, are very well disposed towards President Cleveland . and are in-avor of giving him a fair show. They will, to a great extent, it is said by some who are in a position to speak for tho party, favor liberal appropriations, particularly forthenavvand for coast defenses. Thoy are in favor of giving Secretary Whitney all tho money ho needs to carry out his plans for build tng up th1e navy, and. they, nay they will not uw the argument that win advanced a eainst them when in nower that the navy ought to be built, but the present party can't be trusted to do it." They Will favor just a liberal appropriations for these purposes un-! der Whitney as they favored and could not get under Chandler. HOLDING UP SENATOR IJECk's HANDS.. During the holiday reces of "Con- ! gress, and since the delivery cf his 1 speech in' favor of silver coipatre, Senator Beck has received more let jters than any other member of the Senate. In fact, letters have come to him by the hundreds daily; all ot them-, commending tho position he ha taken I and urging him to stand firm in sup-' I port of the silver dollar. While the buik of these letters have come from the wesf aud HOuth not a few h been sent by residents ot the easf As originally stated in the 8i Evrts of the flh) Star, Senator one ol the nrl to heartilv congratulate Mr. Beck upon his speech and upon the fact that he had taken a position" from which he could not bo driven. Jr.Ff. I)AVIS DAUGHTER' AS AN ARTIST.! Among the tributes of commenda tion that reached Senator BecE byi mail during the holidays wax one from, the youngest .daughter of Mr. Jeffer son Davis, of MissisMppi. She is an artit, anil when Senator Beck called for his mail a few day aero life found. ' among a multitude'otletters, a sealed 'package measuring about six idhea by four He opened it and found a heat little water-color painting rep resenting a nl very moon looking wn' through, a sheen ' of silvery clouds upon a prosperous lano.apo, weaving a tone of silver brilliancy. Underneath wan written in Miss Da vis' hand: "Diana's tribute to the champion of silver." It is, perhaps, fair tp say that all the commendations ho has .received failed to please the Senator as -much as this little picture. He danced something resembling tho Highland fling, and then gave a Scottish horn pipe, and he exclaimed, "There is no young man in the country who could get such a tribute as that." An Answer Wanted Can any one bring us a rae of Kidney or Liver Uom plaint that rJcctnc liiuers ' will not speedily cure? We fait they ran not, as thousands of ra?ep already perma-, nently cure! and are daily reconi mnding Electric Bitter?.' will prov-. j Bright's Disease, DlatKjtce, Weak Btck, or aiiv urinary ompaint quickly cured. They puriry the bh6d, regulate the bow el, and act din ctly on tbe'Leascd pKirta. JSvery oottie guiranteed. For Bale toOc a bottle b7 Ktrby & Robinson, OoldBborou N.O. ' ' , . Ladies Vests.iD Grades and Qualities at t - J. Mktzoer & Bow. , s V i V .1 3
The Wilmington Messenger (Wilmington, N.C.)
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